1stCenturyLady
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My NKJV is interesting.
17 “Those who sanctify themselves and purify themselves,
To go to the gardens
After an idol in the midst,
Eating swine’s flesh and the abomination and the mouse,
Shall be consumed together,” says the Lord.
It caused me to read the first part.
Thus says the Lord:
“Heaven is My throne,
And earth is My footstool.
Where is the house that you will build Me?
And where is the place of My rest?
2 For all those things My hand has made,
And all those things exist,”
Says the Lord.
“But on this one will I look:
On him who is poor and of a contrite spirit,
And who trembles at My word.
3 “He who kills a bull is as if he slays a man;
He who sacrifices a lamb, as if he breaks a dog’s neck;
He who offers a grain offering, as if he offers swine’s blood;
He who burns incense, as if he blesses an idol.
Just as they have chosen their own ways,
And their soul delights in their abominations,
4 So will I choose their delusions,
And bring their fears on them;
Because, when I called, no one answered,
When I spoke they did not hear;
But they did evil before My eyes,
And chose that in which I do not delight.”
God is looking at the heart.
In 17 they "sanctify" and "purify" themselves with abominations: idols, swine, mouse. But even bulls and lambs which are clean are offered without a contrite heart.
It appears that the context broadens the picture for the Spirit of the passage. It's not about the meat, but the heart and true worship of God. Isaiah is making a point to the reader of the Old Covenant in a way that they will get the point. But if you don't want to eat mice, I understand, I don't either! LOL
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